PV Sindhu seems to defend World Championships title at Huelva after Tokyo Olympics glory
PV Sindhu has one other alternative to flaunt her big-match temperament as she heads into BWF World Championships in Huelva Spain in a bid to defend the title that she received in 2019 in Glasgow. Sindhu, seeded sixth on the event, will look to cap of a memorable 12 months during which she received a historic 2nd Olympic medal, along with her sixth medal on the world meet.
Sindhu heads into the world champions in good kind, having reached the ultimate of the BWF World Tour Finals in Bali earlier this month. She had additionally reached three successive semi-finals on the French Open, Indonesia Masters and Indonesia Open in Bali final month.Sindhu is among the many favorites to win the world championships title, contemplating the high-profile withdrawals, together with 3-time champion Carolina Marin and 2017 champion Nozomi Okuhara. However, it isn’t going to be straightforward for the champion shutter who’s more likely to face high seed Tai Tzu Ying within the quarter-final. Sindhu defeated Tai en path to glory on the 2019 world championships however has misplaced to the top-ranked shutter in all their 4 conferences since, together with the Olympics semi-final earlier this 12 months.if Sindhu will get previous the last-eight hurdle, she would possibly face Korea’s rising shutter An Se Young towards whom she misplaced the BWF World Tour Finals title match. However, Sindhu will again herself to go the gap and reign supreme after having constructed confidence over the previous couple of months.Meanwhile, it’ll even be the primary time in her profession that London Olympics bronze medallist and 2015 silver medallist Saina Nehwal will miss the World Championships resulting from a number of accidents.SINDHU GETS OPENING-ROUND BYESindhu, who received a bye within the first spherical, will open towards Martina Repiska, whose first-round opponent Ruselli Hartawan additionally pulled out.A win will put her head to head with Pornpawee Chochuwong, who has defeated the Indian twice within the final two conferences. If Sindhu can get throughout the Thai, she is more likely to be pitted towards Tai Tzu, who has proved to be her nemesis with a head-to-head report of 14-5.LAKSHYA SEN IN ACTION ALONG WITH FAMILIAR NAMESIn males’s singles, twelfth seeded Kidambi Srikanth, who struggled to get a visa, will face Spain’s Pablo Abian in his opener, whereas Tokyo Olympian B Sai Praneeth meets Dutch Mark Caljouw.Former high 10 participant HS Prannoy can be up towards eighth seed Ng Ka Long Angus and younger Lakshya Sen’s first-round opponent has additionally withdrawn.The males’s doubles subject has additionally been left depleted with the highest two seeds — each from Indonesia — lacking in motion.Eighth-seeded Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty has received a bye within the first spherical and can face the winners of Lee Jhe-Huei and Yang Po-Hsuan and Fabricio Farias and Francielton Farias in doubles.Women’s doubles pair of N Sikki Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa will tackle 14th seeds Liu Xuan Xuan and Xia Yu Ting after their first-round opponents withdrew.
